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Article | 18/04/2013 Gift card SMS spam drops after FTC action, Cloudmark finds
The volume of mobile spam messages touting free gift cards sharply fell after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed complaints in early March ...
Article | 15/03/2013 Security appliances are riddled with serious vulnerabilities, researcher says
The majority of email and Web gateways, firewalls, remote access servers, UTM (united threat management) systems and other security appliances have se...
Article | 21/02/2013 Twitter implements DMARC standard to fight phishing
Twitter has implemented DMARC, a standard for preventing email spoofing, in order to make it harder for attackers to send phishing emails that appear ...
Article | 28/01/2013 Browser-hijacking malware talks to attackers using SPF email validation protocol
A new Trojan program that displays rogue advertisements during browsing sessions uses a DNS-based email validation protocol called the Sender Policy F...
Article | 26/11/2012 Skype says scam calls on a steady decline
Skype has been battling wily adversaries who are abusing the Internet calling application to direct people to scam websites, but the Microsoft-owned s...

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Article | 2/11/2010 The 25 Worst High-Tech Habits (and How to Fix Them)
Good citizens of technological America, this story is not for you.
Article | 28/09/2010 Am I mailing spam?
Tami asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum why friends are receiving spam that appears to come from her.

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Article | 9/03/2011 PDF files most trusted...and most targeted
PDF files are one of the most common, and most trusted document formats out there. However, that trust, combined with the cross-platform use of PDFs m...
Article | 19/01/2011 ClamAV promises free antivirus app for businesses
Most of us don't like paying for antivirus (AV) software, but at least home users can rely on one of the free options, such as Microsoft Security Esse...
Article | 8/01/2011 Text message of 'death' threatens smartphone security
Security researchers have shown that carefully crafted text messages sent to cell phones via short message service (SMS) can cause them to shutdown wi...